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Looking Back Through the Years
From the files of the Blyth Standard, Brussels Post and North Huron Citizen
April 4,4968
A Brussels landmark, the house
known to many as the former Bal-
lantyne home, then owned by Wm.
Stevenson of Grey Township,
burned to the ground. The house,
long vacant and in a state of ruin,
was located on the south side of
the ninth concession of Grey Twp.
at the eastern entrance of the vil-
lage.
Mr. and Mrs. William C. King, a
well-known couple in the commu-
nity, were at home with their
friends and neighbours to celebrate
the 50th anniversary of their mar-
riage.
Mr. Roy B. Cousins, who pur-
chased the Brussels Creamer- in
1934 and the Brussels Dairy in
1942, sold the business to Huron
Food Products Limited.
April 4, 1973
Confirmation was received that a
large new business was to locate in
Blyth in the fall. Huron Tractor
was to begin construction of a
major service depot at the corner of
Hwys. 4 and 25 at the south edge
of the village.
The 8th Liners, champions of the
Blyth Rural Broomball league won
the Western Ontario Broomball
Associations Championship in a
tournament held in Seaforth and
Blyth the preceding weekend.
John Gibbons scored the only goal
to lift the 8th liners to a 1-0 win
over Keadi.
After 10 years of faithful service
to the village of Blyth, clerk-trea-
surer Irvine Wallace tendered his
resignation on Monday night to
Blyth council.
April 2, 1997
Plans for the Brussels Home-
coming event were on their way as
the date for the kick-off dance was
set for April 26. Also auditions for
a town crier were to be heard the
evening of the dance. The village
invited friends and neighbours to
join in the celebration.
Effective May, 1997, Wingham
and District Hospital was to con-
solidate its inpatient beds onto one
floor for both chronic and active
patients. The move was to provide
improved operating efficiency and
bring the number of beds in opera-
tion to 50.
Despite nearly $1 million in
provincial government cuts, Huron
County council adopted a budget
that would result in no tax increase
for county property taxes.
Letters
THE EDITOR,
While holding a rummage sale at
my church (St. Giles Presbyterian),
I found among the donations a
white cotton bedcover that had
been embroidered with all the
names of ladies (and sometimes
their families) who belonged to the
ORINOCO LADIES AID in 1928.
The executive at that time was
president, Mrs. J. Cobbe; vice-
president, Mrs. J. Barber; secretary-
treasurer, Mrs. W. Crosson. These
names are in blocks that are leaf
shaped.
The only reference as to location
was one block had Auburn, Ont. on
it and another had Dungannon, Ont.
The names on the Auburn block
were Campbell, Green, Mills and
McBride. The Dungannon block
had a few Parks.
Some of the other names are —
Nelson, Thompson, Smith, Knox,
Brock, Laurence, Morris, Wilson,
Coleman, Anderson, Milousky,
Erratt, Rourke, Martin, Cobb,
Phaneuf, Crosson, MacLean, Nix,
Rogers, Marples, Chase, Breck,
Buchan, Miller, Griffith, Dockrill,
Lancely, Coulthard, Wiggins,
Coleman, Goodman, Carefoot.
There was one block that had
been done on the 79th birthday of
Mrs. T. Hutton, Feb. 27, 1928.
There are dozens of names, even
names of men.
My church group felt that this
was too full of memories to just sell
at the rummage sale, so I thought I
would try to find a church group
either of these towns that might be
interested in putting this in their
archives. Our church had a Ladies
Aid Society in 1928 and it later
changed to the Women's
Missionary Society.
I would be willing to mail the
cover to any church in your area.
Hoping for a reply.
Edna Fraser
69 Second Avenue
OTTAWA, ON
K1S 2H4
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PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1998.
Wow, what an accomplishment
Winning an All-Ontario sports championship is a rare event for a
community. Winning two in one year, in one weekend, as Blyth Bantam
and Midget hockey teams did this past weekend, is truly remarkable.
All the young people involved in the teams should be congratulated
for the Mid work and dedication it took to achieve their championships.
Many people dream of winning
an all-Ontario championship but
few actually have the skill,
determination and dedication to
pull it off. Hopefully these
young people will apply the
lessons learned on the ice to tackling the larger problems that will
confront them in life.
While championships are won on the ice, credit must also go to all
the people who work behind the scenes to make the Blyth minor hockey
program so successful. Keeping an arena going costs a lot of money,
which means buying ice time for team practices and games is a major
concern. Service clubs, businesses and individuals all help make it
possible to provide the money needed to support the teams. Dozens of
volunteers, not just from Blyth but the surrounding area, devote
hundreds of hours to keep the minor hockey association going.
Coaches and managers of the teams have invested a big part of their
lives over the past few winters to train the players, not just in hockey
skills, but in how to conduct themselves on and off the ice. For every
glorious victory like this year's, there are years of effort that pay off
only in seeing young people grow and gain confidence. These dedicated
people seldom get the thanks and appreciation they should.
And finally there are the parents. The young stars of the ice probably
don't realize just now how much of their lives their parents have given
to make this shining moment come true. Probably only when they're
grown and have children of their own will they realize how dedicated
parents must be to have their children take part in these activities.
So take a bow, everyone — those who played the game and those
who made victory possible behind the scenes. You deserve it. — KR
World without borders?
Things have been quiet about the Multilateral Agreement on
Investment (MAI) lately, perhaps because the agreement, that was
supposed to be signed this month, is in trouble, or perhaps because
governments are worried about the growing public exposure and
opposition to the agreement.
Supporters of MAI foresee a world without borders, at least as far as
investment is concerned. Not only could mono y flow freely from one
country to another, but investors would be assured their investments are
protected from harmful government policies.
It's interesting that at the same time the government of Jean ChrSticn
is prepared to make it easier for foreign money to get into Canada, it is
moving to make it harder for people to immigrate to Canada. The
government is proposing to charge those who don't speak English or
French a fee, supposedly to help pay for the cost to giving them lessons.
We've moved toward free trade in goods and services through the
North American Free Trade Agreement and the World Trade
Organization and we're now moving toward removing all barriers for
investors. When it comes to people moving freely from the world's poor
countries to the world's rich countries, however, we're putting up more
barriers. Maybe if we have huge multinational companies profiting by
promoting immigration that part of the bordcrless world will also
develop. Until then, the borders will still stay up for people when they
come down for making money. — KR
Personal obsession
In the cities, police arc increasingly concerned abgpt the number of
impatient drivers running red lights. In our area, the majority of drivers
arc speeding more and more on our highways, even when county speed
limits have been increased.
At the same time people arc becoming increasingly indignant about
people breaking the law, more people arc thinking the driving laws
shouldn't apply to them. While people complain about break-ins or
vandalism, they think it's fine to endanger the lives of others because
they want to save a few moments. Many people have a double standard
with the law — one law for others, a different one for them. — KR